Rush Receives Honorable Mention For CACC Player and Pitcher of the Week Awards
New Haven, Conn. – (3/5/2013) – Earning the win and homering in Chestnut Hill College’s 5-1, game-two, defeat of New York Institute of Technology (NYIT), on Saturday, March 2, senior pitcher
Rush (Royersford, Pa.) earned an honorable mention for the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Pitcher and Player of the Week awards.
After scoring the first run in a 4-2, game-one, loss Chestnut Hill College (1-1) gave way to a four-run NYIT (3-1) fourth inning. The Griffins dominated game two with Rush holding the Bears to one run on five hits in a 5-1 victory. The Griffins were first to strike in game two as well, grabbing a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the third inning on a homerun from Rush. In the bottom of the fourth inning, the Griffins loaded the bases with single before Heaton hustled home on a wild pitch. A double from junior left fielder
Sarah Mattaliano (Coral Springs, Fla.) and an error by the Bear shortstop permitted two more Griffins to score before the end of the frame, 4-1. Each side platted a run in the fifth inning and went scoreless in the sixth inning to leave the spread at 5-2 heading to the final at-bats. In the seventh inning, Rush (1-0) retired the Bears in four batters to earn the Griffins their first win of the season.
The softball team will host Philadelphia University next in a 2:30 p.m. non-conference doubleheader on Thursday, March 7.
